[Amended 2-8-2005 by Bill No. 2005-2]
A. Certificate or license requirments.
(1) Appropriate certificates from the Maryland State Board
of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing and from the Caroline County
Plumbing Board shall be required in order to work at or advertise
the plumbing business or otherwise perform plumbing work in Caroline
County, and such certificates shall be exhibited and displayed upon
the demand of the Caroline County Plumbing Board or its assigned agent.
(2) All such Caroline County certificates or licenses
shall expire on the last day of June not less than 13 months and no
more than 25 months next following the date of issuance.
(3) The County Commissioners shall establish a schedule
of fees and a collection procedure for licenses, late renewals and
reinstatements. The schedule of fees may be amended from time to time
by resolution of the County Commissioners.
(4) Prior to the issuance or renewal of any license, the
applicant shall deliver to the Board proof of general liability insurance
in the amount of $300,000 and property damage insurance in the amount
of $100,000. Notice of cancellation of the insurance shall be forwarded
to the Board within 10 days of cancellation.
An Inspector of Plumbing shall be appointed
by the Caroline County Commissioners, and the duties of such Inspector
shall be to inspect all plumbing work done in Caroline County when
the same is in progress and again upon completion. The Plumbing Inspector
shall prosecute all violations of any applicable plumbing standards,
rules and regulations or laws relating to health and safety, and he
shall require that all such work be done in accordance with the provisions
of the State Plumbing Code as aforesaid. The Inspector shall be permitted
to enter upon and into any and all premises where plumbing work is
in progress or where repair has been in progress or completed and
make such examinations and give such orders as may be requisite relating
to the same, but any such order shall be appealable to the Caroline
County Plumbing Board for review even though prosecution for violation
will proceed concurrently. The order of the Inspector shall be obeyed
and effective until and unless modified by the Board on appeal.
No plumber, journeyman plumber or other licensee
shall work as such in Caroline County until he shall have received
and shall have recorded with the Plumbing Inspector a currently valid
license certificate as master plumber or journeyman plumber, issued
and recorded as aforesaid. Any person that holds a state certificate
and plans to work in Caroline County shall make application to the
County Plumbing Inspector for a Caroline County license.
[Amended 9-11-2012 by Bill No. 2012-6]
Failure to comply with an applicable law, rule or regulation of Caroline County shall constitute a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, the violator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more than $50, and each day the violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall, upon citation issued pursuant to Chapter
92 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County be deemed to have Committed a Class A civil infraction and shall pay to the County the amount prescribed. In addition to fines as provided for herein, the County may seek an abatement order from an appropriate court and may immediately remedy any situation or condition at any time which threatens the immediate safety of persons or other structures.
These rules and regulations may be modified,
revised or repealed from time to time by the Caroline County Plumbing
Board, with final adoption by the Caroline County Commissioners after
holding the required public hearings.